War of the Titans
By Nemanja Isailovic
Published 8/26/10, orig 1/18/09
STARTING AGE: Mythic
AGE LIMIT: Mythic
GOD CHOICES: N/A
MAP LAYOUT: There are four Gaia Pools, approximately in the SW, NW, NE and SE areas of the map. Resources are scattered non-uniformly across the map. The middle of the map belongs to Kronos’ forces.
WALLS: None.
WALKTHROUGH: Kronos has been a bad, bad boy, so we need to call out his mommy to spank him! Seriously, how awesome is that? The SW Gaia Pool has three Gold Mines near it, so that’s where I like to set up camp. Head everyone W and start Hunting the populous Crowned Crane, chopping and mining by the SW Gaia Pool. Put most of your units just E of the Pool to defend against attacks from the N, but leave Ajax and a few units to the SE.
There are some Spiders underground just SE of the Pool that will eat your human units (other than Villagers and Heroes), so just avoid them. Get up two Barracks, a Temple, a Guild and five Manors. VERY important note: Units can garrison inside Manors. Your Villagers will essentially be gathering on the front lines, so distribute your Manors and garrison your Villagers in them when attacks come.
You’ll get three sets of reinforcements from the Greeks, Egyptians and Norse, respectively. They’ll include three more Villagers, so you’ll have six total. Don’t lose a single one! Defend with Murmillos, Arcuses and the units you get, but don’t bother with MU’s. Once you’re fully upgraded and get an army up to capacity, divide it into four approximately equal groups, then send three to the three other Gaia Pools.
The attacks that come before you build the Summoning Trees will consist of primarily human units, but the attacks afterwards will involve largely MU’s. So after you send your armies off to the different Trees, save your resources to upgrade your Murmillos to Heroes whenever you get attacked. You’ll also get some MU’s at each Tree you build.
With around five minutes remaining, Kronos will break out of Tartarus. Use a Chariot Archer or Cavalry unit to lead him around the map for five minutes. It’s silly, but you have to do it to save the Trees. When Gaia gets summoned, it’s all over. She regenerates faster than she can be harmed (including by Kronos), so just charge her N to take out her naughty boy.